IIT Ashram Metals and Non-metals

CBSE Chapter Evaluation Test

Metals and Non-metals (Chapter 3)
Name: Roll No: Marks obtained
Class: Section:
Time: 1 hour Max Marks: 35

Marks Summary
 1 mark x5 = 5 marks
 2 marks x 8 = 16 marks
 3 marks x 3 = 9 marks
 5 marks x 1 = 5 marks

1-Mark Questions
1. Name two metals which are found in a free state in nature.
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2. Which type of oxides are formed when non-metals combine with oxygen?
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3. An element X reacting with oxygen forms an oxide X2O. The oxide is soluble in water and turns blue
litmus red. State whether the element X is a metal or a non-metal.
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4. Name the process in relation to metallurgy wherey an ore is heated strongly in the absence of air.
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5. What is an alloy?
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2-Mark Questions
6. Explain why the surfaces of some metals become dull when exposed to air for a long time.
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7. What are amphoteric oxides? Name two amphoteric oxides.

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8. State two ways to prevent rusting of iron.

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9. Why is aluminium extracted by electrolytic reduction and not by reducing alumina with carbon?
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10. Why do ionic compounds have melting point?

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11. The reaction of a metal X with Fe2O3 is highly exothermic and is used to join broken railway tracks.
Identify metal X and write the chemical equation for the reaction mentioned.
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12. Metal sulphides occur mainly in rocks and metal halides occur mostly in seas and lakes. Why?
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13. Anitha took sulphur powder on a spatula and heated it. She collected the gas evolved by inverting a
test tube over it.
a. Write a balanced chemical equation for the reaction taking place.
b. What will be the effect of this gas on (a) dry litmus paper? (b) moist litmus paper?
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3-Mark Questions
14. Define the terms (a) Mineral (b) Ore (c) Gangue.
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15. Explain how the following metals are obtained from their compounds by the reaction process.
a. Metal X which is low in the reactivity series
b. Metal Y which is in middle of the reactivity series
c. Metal X which is high up in the reactivity series
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16. Give reasons:

a. Platinum, gold and silver are used to make jewelry.
b. Sodium, potassium and lithium are stored under oil.
c. Aluminium is a highly reactive metal, but it is used to make cooking utensils.
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5-Mark Questions
17. Answer any one of the following groups of questions for 5 marks.
a. What is corrosion of metals?
i. Name on metal which corrodes in air and one metal which does not corrode in air.
b. How will you prove that the rusting of iron needs oxygen and moisture at the same time?
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Or
a. Write an activity to show that ionic salts are good electric conductors in aqueous solution.
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